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Internet2 A_Future_So_Bright
| Internet2-A Future So Bright!
Some months ago, a scam artist was attempting to sell
participation in the "New Internet". As it turned out, the offer
to secure yourself an e-commerce spot in the next generation
Internet was a scam.
But the Internet 2 is as real as it gets.
Launched in 1996, the Internet2 offers lightning-fast
connections to two fiber-optic backbone networks that ensure
data arrives at its destination without loss or delay and
already connects at least one university in each of the 50
states in the US.
Abilene, the Internet2(R) backbone network, is in operation at
speeds up to 2.4 gigabits per second, or 45,000 times faster
than a typical modem.
It was developed in partnership with Qwest Communications,
http://www.quest.net.nz/, Cisco Systems, http://www.cisco.com/,
Nortel Networks, http://www.nortelnetworks.com/, and Indiana
University, http://www.indiana.edu/.
It currently provides nationwide high-performance networking
capabilities for over 180 Internet2 universities, which, in
addition to high speed, provides advanced networking services
such as multi-casting, IPv6, enables advanced applications such
as High-Definition TV, tele-medicine and remote access to
scientific instruments.
TV may soon stream into your home via your computer in a quality
and level never before envisioned. And the average person may
well be able to create their own TV shows right on their own
home computer.
Speed was one of the major reasons for the inception of the "New
Internet". Government and educational institutions were
beginning to get bogged down within the old Internet network
system. If the original vision was to be maintained, a new
system would have to be implemented.
At the moment, only government, universities and corporate
sponsors are allowed to participate. It is still in research and
the network itself is still under development.
For more information on Abilene please see:
http://www.internet2.edu/abilene/
One of the reasons individuals are not allowed into the club are
the monetary restrictions. Although many an individual might be
willing and able to plunk down the yearly fee of $10,000 to
$25,000, the cost of accessing the network itself can run
$1,000,000 or more.
What are the current participants getting for their money?
"This milestone in advanced networking opens possibilities for
researchers, students and teachers at universities across the
country to collaborate with each other and to access resources
in ways not possible using the commercial Internet," said Steve
Corbató, Internet2 director of backbone network infrastructure.
"Abilene provides a unique leading-edge network environment that
enables people to experiment with and test new capabilities that
can make their way into the global Internet."
Internet2(R) is developing and deploying advanced network
applications and technologies for research and also for higher
education, accelerating the creation of tomorrow's Internet.
Internet2 recreates the partnership of academia, industry and
government that helped foster today's Internet in its infancy.
For more information about Internet2, see:
http://www.internet2.edu/
Internet2 is expected to go, "Public", in about 3 to 5 years.
That is when the average Internet surfer will have access.
However, no one is certain what that actually means.
If you were excited by the possibilities of the Internet, the
future is far brighter for Internet2. So get out your best pair
of shades and your thinking cap because the new frontier just
got even newer.
About the author:
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